Sunday, August 21, 2011

Whoops!

A man driving to work this morning on Chicago's Northwest Side got an unpleasant surprise when his SUV tumbled into a sinkhole.

The incident happened at the intersection of Foster and Elston avenues at about 5:30 a.m., said police and a spokesman from the Chicago Department of Water Management.

"I saw him actually climb out of the hole on a ladder," said Joe Springer, whose bar Rabbit's sits at the corner. "The cops told me he was okay."

Tom LaPorte, the water management spokesman, said the 10-to-12-foot hole was believed to have developed after a water main broke under the street and the water washed away the layers of dirt supporting the road.

37 Comments:

Anonymous said...

scc, you should ask around to people who have seen the garage sale sign in 008. there is a sign of a garage sale to get bail money to get pookie out of jail. It even has a drawing of two stick figures behind bars saying, help bail me out, my link comes in on the 21st". its pretty damn funny... side note, it just goes to show you what these animals use link cards for... he is going to repay those who get him out by cashing out his link card... what a system. If anyone here has that picture send it to scc...its classic!

I have a question. I remember handling a car in a sink hole about 25 years ago. The report was made on a missile card, as it was not technichally a crash. Is that how this incident was reported? Just wondering.

Global warming. Right, Tom Laporte? Just like you said basement flooding was partly global warming's fault. What a great excuse for everything. If he was driving an electric car, he wouldn't have gone in that sink hole. Right?

Auxiliary Re-qualifications must not be a department priority, but God forbid an officer involved shooting investigation reveals the officer "failed to comply" with the yearly qualification procedures. You WILL take days and its total bullshit. And if they expect me not to carry my auxiliary weapon on the street until im qualified, they are fucking high.

"It even has a drawing of two stick figures behind bars saying,help bail me out..."

--8/21/2011 12:06:00 AM

Uh,

>words fail me<

Uh, given what we see and hear every day, I think the word we're looking for is "disincentive."

I don't know about contributions from the guys who tore another pair of pants or put their back out hauling your wild ass down off that chain-link while you were kicking them in the face, but we can probably figure a way to catch you wrong enough to be able to shoot you.

And our wonderful Mayor laid off a whole bunch of people who fix these things! What a guy!!!! The street in front of my house has caved in 4 times in the last year. Throw gravel in it and leave it. Thats all that gets done now. Hey Mayor! Let's lay off even MORE working men and women! That will fix EVERYTHING! Use the money for more flowers and new playgrounds for the drug dealers to hang out in. They have standards too you know!